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1. AN ASSEMBLY APPARATUS OF THE TYPE ADAPTED TO ASSEMBLE ARTICLES COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SPACED STATIONS, ARTICLE RECEIVING MEANS, A MOVABLE TABLE SERVING TO CARRY SAID ARTICLE RECEIVING MEANS, MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY MOVING SAID TABLE WHEREBY THE ARTICLE RECEIVING MEANS ARE SEQUENTIALLY INDEXED TO SAID STATIONS, ADJACENT ONES OF SAID STATIONS INCLUDING ARTICLE PRESENTING MEANS, SAID ADJACENT STATIONS INCLUDING AN ARTICLE TRANSFER MEANS COMPRISING A SHUTTLE AND A PICK-UP HEAD CARRIED THEREBY, MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID SHUTTLE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND HORIZONTAL POSITIONS, AND MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID HEAD FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND VERTICAL POSITIONS, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID TRANSFER MEANS BETWEEN SAID ARTICLE RECEIVING AND PRESENTING MEANS AT AN ELEVATION SUCH THAT SAID PICK-UP HEAD IN ITS LOWERED POSITIONS IS ABOVE SAID RECEIVING AND PRESENTING MEANS RESPECTIVELY AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE TRAVEL OF SAID SHUTTLE, WHEREBY SAID PICK-UP HEAD IS MOVED FOR COOPERATION WITH THE RECEIVING MEANS IN ONE HORIZONTAL POSITION OF THE SHUTTLE AND WITH SAID ARTICLE PRESENTING MEANS IN THE OTHER HORIZONTAL POSITION OF THE SHUTTLE WHEREBY SAID PICK-UP HEAD MOVES VERTICALLY TO REMOVE PARTS FROM THE ARTICLE PRESENTING MEANS AND DEPOSIT PARTS IN THE ARTICLE RECEIVING MEANS. 